Newest Toned Gold Purchase- 1907 $10 Indian

jwitten · February 21, 2018 11:54AM

I honestly was thinking about getting it trueviewed, even though the original pictures are not bad.

crazyhounddog · February 21, 2018 12:00PM

I would love, LOVE to image this stunner. Just a magnificent piece all the way around. Yes, STUNNER!!!

gtstang · February 21, 2018 12:41PM

Very nice! Has a kind of smoky look to it.

OldIndianNutKase · February 21, 2018 4:16PM

Interesting that the Top Pop 1907 at MS68 also has very nice toning.......

I think that I rather like jwitten's coin for $4000 than the top pop for +/- $180,000. He will have to swallow very hard to replace that coin he is willing to sell for $4000. In fact I rather like his better.

OINK

jwitten · February 21, 2018 4:34PM

@OldIndianNutKase said:
Interesting that the Top Pop 1907 at MS68 also has very nice toning.......

I think that I rather like jwitten's coin for $4000 than the top pop for +/- $180,000. He will have to swallow very hard to replace that coin he is willing to sell for $4000. In fact I rather like his better.

OINK

Wow, that one is stunning! I went ahead and shipped the coin to coinlieutenant today. If he likes it, he is taking it. I love toned gold, but he has a toned $10 Indian SET he is going for, where my main focus is my toned $2 1/2 set. And no, I did not charge him my ebay asking. I basically am making a finders fee on it, lol. Sorry to any parties I offended by listing it.

Insider2 · February 21, 2018 4:55PM

@OldIndianNutKase said: "I think that I rather like jwitten's coin for $4000 than the top pop for +/- $180,000. He will have to swallow very hard to replace that coin he is willing to sell for $4000. In fact I rather like his better."

Disagree. The only special thing (very hard to replace) about the OP's coin is its color.

jwitten · February 21, 2018 5:20PM

@Insider2 said:
@OldIndianNutKase said: "I think that I rather like jwitten's coin for $4000 than the top pop for +/- $180,000. He will have to swallow very hard to replace that coin he is willing to sell for $4000. In fact I rather like his better."

Disagree. The only special thing (very hard to replace) about the OP's coin is its color.

But I think finding another coin with a similar look would be a lot harder than finding a generic high grade version of it. I think that's what he is trying to say.

Insider2 · February 21, 2018 5:28PM

@jwitten said:

@Insider2 said:
@OldIndianNutKase said: "I think that I rather like jwitten's coin for $4000 than the top pop for +/- $180,000. He will have to swallow very hard to replace that coin he is willing to sell for $4000. In fact I rather like his better."

Disagree. The only special thing (very hard to replace) about the OP's coin is its color.

But I think finding another coin with a similar look would be a lot harder than finding a generic high grade version of it. I think that's what he is trying to say.

Yes, that's what I posted: "The only special thing (very hard to replace) about the OP's coin is its color.

I probably should have posted nearly impossible to be more clear.

blitzdude · February 21, 2018 5:36PM

@jwitten said:

@coinpalice said:
don't worry, the coin has a book value of around 800, it will stay in witten's collection. I paid less then 4 k for my ms-64 1907 $10 indian gold no motto, but you never know, like P.T. Barnum used to say, "there's a sucker born every minute"

Ya, the price I paid for this one had nothing to do with the grade. How many other $10 Indians have you seen that look like this? Probably very few, if any. Here's a video of it in hand:

Just a question, are you a collector or a dealer? Initially I thought you bought this for your collection but then you put it for sale almost immediately which was confusing. Obviously I have no idea what you paid in relation to what you are trying to sell for. Nothing wrong with a quick flip if it made you $$$. Just curious.

Edit: posted not realizing page 2 of comments. Reading just answered my own question.

Gluggo · February 21, 2018 5:42PM

@coinpalice said:
, like P.T. Barnum used to say, "there's a sucker born every minute"

Takes one to know one right? Just saying usually if your calling one you probably done it from experience.

OldIndianNutKase · February 21, 2018 6:27PM

@Insider2 said:
@OldIndianNutKase said: "I think that I rather like jwitten's coin for $4000 than the top pop for +/- $180,000. He will have to swallow very hard to replace that coin he is willing to sell for $4000. In fact I rather like his better."

Disagree. The only special thing (very hard to replace) about the OP's coin is its color.

My point was a financial point of view. I would be very happy with this coin for $4,000 and could buy many more nice looking coins with the $176,000 that I saved by not buying the most perfect technical example, and may not be available for years.......And would end up being my box of one.

OINK

jwitten · February 21, 2018 6:30PM

@blitzdude said:

@jwitten said:

@coinpalice said:
don't worry, the coin has a book value of around 800, it will stay in witten's collection. I paid less then 4 k for my ms-64 1907 $10 indian gold no motto, but you never know, like P.T. Barnum used to say, "there's a sucker born every minute"

Ya, the price I paid for this one had nothing to do with the grade. How many other $10 Indians have you seen that look like this? Probably very few, if any. Here's a video of it in hand:

Just a question, are you a collector or a dealer? Initially I thought you bought this for your collection but then you put it for sale almost immediately which was confusing. Obviously I have no idea what you paid in relation to what you are trying to sell for. Nothing wrong with a quick flip if it made you $$$. Just curious.

Edit: posted not realizing page 2 of comments. Reading just answered my own question.

I am a little of both. I buy what I like. Most of my coins are for sale, but a few are not publicly for sale. My main focus right now is toned gold, specifically my toned $2 1/2 Indian set. Almost none of those are for sale right now, because I don't want someone to buy one of my best coins even at a crazy price. Most of the rest of my coins I will put on ebay just to gauge interest, and I usually price the nicer pieces at a price that I would be ok selling at. I listed this one a lot higher than I paid just since it was so new in my collection, and I really didn't want to sell that bad. Someone on here saw it, and I agree it fits in their collection better than mine, so we have made a deal for him to take it if he likes it in person. I will be making a whooping $75 on the deal. It might be one I regret selling, but it was a lot of money to have tied up, at least for a collector/dealer like me. It ended up selling for a little over half of what I listed it on ebay.